20 Jan
2010
20 Jan
'10
12:40 p.m.
Ian King wrote:
that it is stupid precedent.) After all, think about
the Intel vs.
NEC suit over the V20. NEC created a chip that "looked like a duck,
quacked like a duck, etc." NEC was found faultless because they did
not copy Intel microcode or masks: they built their own "duck" that
looked and quacked the same way.
On the other side of the coin is the 6501 vs. 6800 thing. The argument
in that case was that some of the people working on the 6501 worked
previously on the 6800, right? Is there no one who worked at Apple or
Microsoft who had previously worked at Xerox? Is there no one who
worked at Microsoft who had previously worked at Apple?
Peace... Sridhar